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Cooking technique help w/ breaded & fried items

Hi. I need some cooking technique help. Last night I made chicken parm. I coated the chicken in an egg/flour mixture, pressed it into the breadcrumbs/cheese mixture, then fried them until golden brown. The first batch came out beautifully golden, but the second batch looked more like an oreo cookie...dark brown splotches and the coating didn't seam to coat evenly, or something. Anyway, where did I err?

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